The Ocean and the Fisherman: The Sea of the Senses and Māra's Hooks
Cakkhu bhikkhave purisassa samuddoThe eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind are an ocean with waves, whirlpools and sea monsters; one who crosse…
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พุทธวงศ์ (3, จบทีปังกรพุทธวงศ์): บารมี 10 ทัศ และพระประวัติพระทีปังกร
สุเมธดาบสพิจารณาค้นหาธรรมบ่มโพธิญาณ พบบารมี 10 ประการ (ทาน ศีล เนกขัมมะ ปัญญา วิริยะ ขันติ สัจจะ อธิษฐาน เมตตา อุเบกขา) ทีละข้อพร้อมอุปมา แล…
Thai Royal Edition
Biographical Stories, Part 2, Chronicle of the Buddhas, The Basket of Conduct
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Core teachings summarised from the Tipiṭaka, broken into numbered points with a way to apply each one in daily life.
The Chapter on Ignorance and the Pariññeyya Sutta: What Must One Not Know to Be Called Ignorant?
Katamā nu kho bhante avijjāA monk asks what ignorance is. The Buddha says it is not knowing as it really is that the five aggregates are …
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Theragāthā on Gain and Praise: Like a Water Drop on a Lotus Leaf
Udabinduva pokkhareVerses of five elders on gain, fame, praise and blame: praise is empty when your own mind is unsettled; fools …
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Chanting
Chants in everyday use, with the Pali, a pronunciation guide, a translation, when they are chanted, and where they come from in the Tipiṭaka
Morning chanting
Passage on a sense of urgency
SaṃvegaparikittanapāṭhaThe passage that closes morning chanting: a review of dukkha, the impermanence of the five aggregates, and a r…
Morning chanting
Verses of homage to the Triple Gem
RatanattayappaṇāmagāthāFour verses bowing to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha in images, then dedicating the merit of that homag…
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Vaṭṭaka Paritta — the quail’s protection
VaṭṭakaparittaṃThe act of truth of a fledgling quail who could neither fly nor walk, speaking the plain truth to an oncoming …
The Three Baskets of the Tipiṭaka
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Vinaya Piṭaka
The discipline and rules of conduct for monks and nuns (vols. 1–8)
Sutta Piṭaka
The discourses: the Buddha’s teachings given to many different people (vols. 9–33)
Abhidhamma Piṭaka
The higher teaching: ultimate realities analysed in fine detail (vols. 34–45)
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